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Lack of Testing for Legionella: Current Recommendations for Testing Missed 41 Percent of Cases
September 27, 2011 — A new study shows that guidelines concerning testing patients for possible community-acquired pneumonia due to Legionella may underestimate the number of cases being seen by clinicians. The study ... > full story -
Opioids Linked to Higher Risk of Pneumonia in Older Adults
September 22, 2011 — Opioids -- a class of medicines commonly given for pain -- were associated with a higher risk of pneumonia in a study of 3,061 adults, aged 65 to 94. The study also found that benzodiazepines, which ... > full story -
Newly Identified Antibodies May Improve Pneumonia Vaccine Design
September 22, 2011 — Researchers have discovered how a novel type of antibody works against pneumococcal ... > full story -
2009 H1N1 Pandemic Flu More Damaging to Lungs, Opens Opportunities for Bacterial Infection
September 19, 2011 — Many of the people who died from the new strain of H1N1 influenza that broke out in 2009 were suffering from another infection as well: pneumonia. A new study reveals how the two infections, pandemic ... > full story -
Guidelines for Treating Pneumonia in Children
August 31, 2011 — Immunizations, including a yearly flu vaccine, are the best way to protect children from life-threatening pneumonia, according to new ... > full story -
Final Countdown: Atlantis to Carry Next-Generation Vaccine Candidate on Last Space Voyage
July 6, 2011 — The ability of spaceflight to enhance the efficacy of a recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccine, or RASV, will be the focus of experiments conducted by Cheryl Nickerson and Roy Curtiss, of the ... > full story -
New Salmonella-Based 'Clean Vaccines' Aid the Fight Against Infectious Disease
June 29, 2011 — Researchers have developed a technique to make recombinant attenuated salmonella vaccines safer and more effective. The group demonstrated that a modified strain of salmonella showed a five-fold ... > full story -
Aging, Obsolete Cells Prime the Lungs for Pneumonia
May 26, 2011 — Why are older people vulnerable to community-acquired pneumonia? A new study gives an explanation: cells that are supposed to die, but ... > full story -
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Antibiotic Linezolid an Effective Option for Treating Patients With MRSA Infection
May 16, 2011 — The antibiotic linezolid may be more effective than vancomycin in treating ventilated patients who develop methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia as a result of their ... > full story -
Pneumonia Patients at Risk for in-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
May 15, 2011 — Hospital patients with pneumonia may be at risk of experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, often with few or no warning signs, according to new ... > full story
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